Eli Cranor

About Eli Cranor

Eli Cranor was awarded the 2018 Robert Watson Literary Prize by The Greensboro Review. He is currently at work on a novel, writing from Arkansas, where he lives with his wife and daughter. For more information visit elicranor.com.

Bag Men operate like lone wolves, targeting only the highest-rated recruits — many of which are struggling to survive at or below the poverty line — and go about courting them with bags of cash, used cars, hot meals, the essentials.

Bag Men operate like lone wolves, targeting only the highest-rated recruits — many of which are struggling to survive at or below the poverty line — and go about courting them with bags of cash, used cars, hot meals, the essentials.

It’s November and there are leaves everywhere, piles of them, waiting to be burned or bagged, drifting across the street and in clusters under trees. Their sheer volume this time of year makes it hard to remember that each leaf falls just once.

It’s November and there are leaves everywhere, piles of them, waiting to be burned or bagged, drifting across the street and in clusters under trees. Their sheer volume this time of year makes it hard to remember that each leaf falls just once.